by: The Cool CuttlefishFor Women’s Dive Day, I interviewed Women Divers Hall of Fame photographer Cathy Church, and we talked about dangers to the ocean. Fishing is a fun activity. But there is a difference between safely & practically fishing and harming an ecosystem by endangering or removing whole species! Overfishing causes an imbalance in marine ecosystems, or simply just dropping fish populations as a whole. Did you know that around 200,000,000,000 pounds of seafood is removed from the ocean each year? This is because of the high demand for seafood and other ocean products. People like coral or shell necklaces. But this is still harmful for the ocean as well. You may be taking away a home for a sea creature. By-catch is also another issue. By-catch defines any sea creature caught on accident when fishing for something else (commercially). By-catch makes up around 20% of our oceans seafood intake. So what can you do to help out with the problems of the ocean? You can stop eating all seafood to make there be less of a demand.​“Help to support three good environmentalist organizations, Appreciate what you have, and recycle. By yourself you are tiny, but no organization can become powerful without a large number of supporters. We all count!” -Catherine Church